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BMF

posted on 3/8/04 at 02:46 PM Reply With Quote
Which Brake Pads?????

Anyone have any recommendations?

Car is a Velocity with 2.0 XE, with discs all round, going to go track daying.

Green Stuff????

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ned

posted on 3/8/04 at 03:06 PM Reply With Quote
mintex 1144's is what I'm going to be putting on mine..

Ned.





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BMF

posted on 3/8/04 at 03:15 PM Reply With Quote
Are they better than Greens then?

What about fluid aswell? 5.1?

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phelpsa

posted on 3/8/04 at 03:30 PM Reply With Quote
Better than greens, but don't leave out ferrodo 2/3000s (road/trackday).

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ned

posted on 3/8/04 at 03:56 PM Reply With Quote
Fluid - I'll probably go for 5 or 5.1, I get them mixed up, but whichever the one is that isn't silicon (too damn expensive)

ARE by me or Camberly autofactors or even halfrauds should be fine.. then there's always mail order from raldes etc

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BMF

posted on 3/8/04 at 04:11 PM Reply With Quote
Ned, 5.1 is the non-synthetic.

Have a look at this place;

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk

EBC Greens are £40, whereas the Ferodos are £75!!!!!

No argument I think!

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ned

posted on 4/8/04 at 08:11 AM Reply With Quote
I got my mintex from rally design, they were similar money to the ebc from memory £30 something rings a bell..

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skippad

posted on 4/8/04 at 10:14 PM Reply With Quote

I've used Pagid Fast Road pads for last year (3500mls) they are EXCELLENT.
They dont need much warming up and NO fade (Ive done 3 trackdays with 'em)
Cost...£45
Brake fluid silicon 5.1

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NS Dev

posted on 5/8/04 at 11:42 AM Reply With Quote
I agree with Ned, I have used Mintex 1144's in several cars and found them to be excellent, straight from cold, get even better when hot and very hard to fade them out,plus not a bad price. EBC green are good but wear out very fast for no more brake effort than other makes, although the plus side is they damage the disc less than the Mintex 1144's.
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skinny

posted on 5/8/04 at 12:36 PM Reply With Quote
DOT 3, 4, 5.1 are all synthetic - glycol esther with borate ester, and are all fully mixable tho it's not recommended that you do mix them just because of mixing performance levels. DOT 5 is silicone and you should never mix this (or a mineral fluid) with the synthetics. DOT 5.1 is not necessary, with regard to the wet and dry boiling points, the specs are the same as a super DOT 4.

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posted on 11/8/04 at 12:12 PM Reply With Quote
Brake Pads

Mintex or Ferodo are my choices.

I have never seen EBC used in a top racing series and that must tell you something.

John

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